• vt. 冷落；严厉斥责；掐灭
• n. 冷落；斥责；突然的停止
• adj. 制动用的；短扁上翘的

可能来自辅音丛 sn-,鼻子，闻，嗅，发鼻音，比较 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.用于指短平 而上翘的的鼻子，引申动词词义冷落，怠慢等。

snub (v.)

mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Compare Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.

snub (adj.)

"short and turned up," 1725, in snub-nosed, from snub (v.). The connecting notion is of being "cut short."

snub (n.)

"rebuke, intentional slight," 1530s, from snub (v.).

1. Ryan took it as a snub.

瑞安觉得这是一种怠慢。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub.

他借机再次冷落我们.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The German move was widely seen as a deliberate snub to Mr Cook.

德国方面的举动被普遍视为对库克先生的有意怠慢。

来自柯林斯例句

4. His cancellation of the concert was seen as a deliberate snub to the organizers.

他取消了演唱会,这被认为是对主办者的刻意抵制.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He nested his snub face on the sheets beside her and they cried together.

他挨着她把扁脸贴在床单上,两人哭作一团.

来自辞典例句